Mount Rainier – Firs, Falls & Fungus

Our second day in Mount Rainier National Park we drove to the eastern side of the mountain to find a grove of old redwood trees.
On the way we passed a mountain lake, still frozen;



The snow was piled high at the side of the lake;



The mountain scenery is stunning;



Here you can see where rock-slides & lava flows have taken out the road in previous years;




Our hike to the redwoods took us over raging waters;

And a variety of bridges.  Small;


And large;



Passing a huge fungus;



Before finally finding the Redwoods;



P with a couple of Douglas Firs so you can get a sense of the size of them;



J back to her ‘tree-hugging’ ways;





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